brown-throated sunbird @ pasir ris - Jan2012

Came across a male brown-throated sunbird* sitting on a tree at Pasir Ris Park. This was close to the mangroves and by the footpath where there were quite a few park visitors walking by. Time was about 6.30pm. The bird kept twitting away with a rather monotonous 'twit twit twit...' and it was unconcerned with the passing people. The brown of the throat and the somewhat shimmering upper parts of the wings are not clearly visible...but an experienced birder would know that this was a brown-throated sunbird. [unless a more experienced birder tells me otherwise :)]

(*thanks once again to DTJX for the ID correction)

Read more about this bird :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown-throated_Sunbird

http://www.besgroup.org/2011/07/10/brown-throated-sunbird-male-and-female-vocaisation/

http://www.sbwr.org.sg/wetlands/text/93-05.htm

http://www.besgroup.org/2011/07/16/nest-of-the-brown-throated-sunbird/

http://www.oiseaux.net/birds/photos/brown-throated.sunbird.html